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I know that my first episode was on trafficking and I will come back to that in episode 3. Stay tuned, I have some good new material there. In the interim, check out this episode on Sneaker Violence in the DMV area. Too many kids dying over Nike/Adidas limited release shoes.

Thanks. Looking forward to listening to this. Keep it up! The first episode was really informative.

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:48:11 pm

thanks. more to come!

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Kansas

10/15/2018 08:30:59 pm

This is nasty. How many die because of this? Shoemakers are making $$$ off of exploiting swag sneakers they purposefully don't make enough of.

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:49:53 pm

The numbers are not easy to come by. Everyone cites the number of 1200 from a 2015 Quartz article. A big shoe company should commission a study, I think.

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7years

10/16/2018 03:22:08 am

Corporations have no conscience, man.

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:56:46 pm

It's not about conscience, it's all about branding. But if more of us speak up that will create image and reputation costs. Few companies respond to anything other than the bottom line. But if bad reputation becomes part of the negative side of that bottom line....

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Pennylove

10/18/2018 07:48:22 pm

When these corporations start losing money is the only time they will behave differently. Organize!

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:51:24 pm

Yes, but it's a circular thing - these limited edition shoes are just that -- limited edition -- so they don't make alot of money off of them. The real cost to them would be reputation and that's where the organizing should come.

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Kimby

10/22/2018 05:47:44 am

This so good but you don’t talk enough about what corporations are trying to do. Are there no other statements by Nike or Adidas. You cite one old one, but surely if the problem of violence is this bad, there must be more attention paid by the corporates if their clientele is suffering damages.

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:52:51 pm

Sorry to respond to these all at once, but I have been busy! Kimby, the one corporate statement I cite from Nike is the only one that I could find. The silence is deafening. No one speaks up for the victims and the companies and athletes don't care.

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Paul H.

10/25/2018 01:38:58 pm

Big money for corporations. Why should they care about the kids as along as they selling shoes. Why don't athletes say more?

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Andrew

10/25/2018 01:54:17 pm

Paul - yeah this was Stefon Marbury's point about MJ. Marbury is from Brooklyn and is close to the issue. He called out Jordan about it, but I don't see other athletes doing this. For them, this is the perk of the profession -- to get your own shoe.